Abstract
Introduction The study presents an analysis of the health situation of economic migrants from Ukraine in Wielkopolska, Poland. It was performed using an analysis of the social and legal situation of economic migrants from Ukraine in Poland. The results were compared with the available statistical data on the health situation of the population in Poland and the European Union. Aim The main purpose of the article is to present and analyse the health and socioeconomic situation of economic migrants from Ukraine in Wielkopolska, Poland. Material and methods The study was conducted in the form of a standardised survey on a sample of 793 migrants from Ukraine in 2017 and 2018. This research was done during preventive health medicine examinations with a focus on the physical and mental condition of employees and their fitness for work. Results The majority of the respondents described their health situation as good (78.31%) or very good (7.06%). According to the conducted research, Ukrainian migrants are at risk of cancer and smoking-related diseases since 9.71% of the surveyed people admitted to smoking. Additionally, a more in-depth survey on 330 immigrants from Ukraine showed that more than 40% of them are at risk of civilization diseases related to obesity or excessive body mass. Conclusions Our comparison of the data collected during the study with the publicly available statistics in Poland and the European Union suggests that economic migrants from Ukraine are not more susceptible to civilization diseases than the residents of Poland and European Union
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